Arbor support for milling machines



Aug. 7, 1934. .1. B. ARMITAGE I ARBOR SUPPORT FO R MILLING MACHINES Filed May 4, 1931 Fl C 357 ATTORNEY Patented Aug. 7, 1934 UNITED STATES ii I ARBOR SUPPORT FOR MILLING MACHINES Joseph B. Armitage, Wauwatosa, Wis, assignor to Kearney & Trecker Corporation, West Allis,

Wis.

Application May 4, 1931, Serial No. 534,754

3 Claims. (01. -18) This inventionrelates to milling machines and more particularly tothe cutter supporting structure of such machines.

Cutters are ordinarily supported on arbors fixed with the machine spindle and frequently are in gangs in which individual cutters are spaced apart on the arbor by the means of collars or sleeves, the spacing ordinarily requiring considerable accuracy.

The arbor is ordinarily a relatively slender ,member providing comparatively little strength to resist the side thrust setup by the cutters and is supported at the one end by being fixed with the spindle and at the other end by. the

means of a pendant providing a bearing withinwhich one of the arbor collars rotates, the pendant being fixed on an overarm structure which in turn is fixed with the column of the machine. It is frequently desirable to support the arbor at intermediate points by the means of similar pendants. 1

When the cutters are dull they must be removed from. the machine for grinding. This requires that the pendants be removed to the extent at 1 least of permitting the cutters to be pulled ofi the arbor, or of permitting the arbor and cutters to be removed as a unit, which is sometimes deas a unit in order to establish the exact spacing of different cutters of a gang. The pendant supporting the outer end of the arbor maybe readily removed, but intermediate pendants frequently cannot be removed without disassembly of some of a gang of cutters from the arbor, since the relatively small bore in the pendant which provides the bearing for the sleeve on the arbor will not permit of the cuttersbeing passed through the bore.

It is a purpose of the invention to provide an improved pendant for the support of milling machine arbors which may be removed to permit the unitary removal of a gang of cutters with the arbor. This is particularly advantageous for intermediate pendants, but may alsobe of advantage for any pendants.

Another purpose is to provide a pendant such as just mentioned, particularly suited for cooperation with an overarm device of the so-called double overarm type.

Another purpose is generally to simplify and improve the construction and operation of supports for the projecting arbors of milling machines.

The invention resides in the construction and combination of parts as herein illustrated. cle- H (.3. scribed and claimed, and in such modifications thereof as may be equivalent'to the claims.

Like, reference characters indicate the same parts throughout the specification and .accompanying drawing, in which:

.. .1; v: f ilfi' Fig. 1 is a right-side view of a portion of a milling machine partly in section and showing the improved pendant in operative position thereon.

Fig.2 is a front elevation of the improved pendant showing the overarms and. tool arborimfif crosssection on the line 22 of-Fig. l.

Fig. 3 is a similar view, showing the pendant imposition forremoval of;the arbor cutter assembly. I v Fig. 4 "is a view of a portion of thepen'dant (1. as shown in Fig. 2 showing a fastening. means in disengaged'condition. j

As shown in Fig. 1, the machine illustrative of the. invention comprises a column 1 supporting for vertical adjustment thereon a knee 2, the knee ,7 5 carrying a slidable saddle 3 on which is slidably mounted a work table 4. The column has slidably mounted therein a pair of overarms'5r5 capable of longitudinal adjustment in well-known manner and adapted. to be fixedin adjusted posi- 2.80

tion in the. column by means of suitable clamping members 66 movable in suitable slots in, the column and forced downwardly by means of clamping screws 7-'-"l. Overarms 5-5 may carry at their outer extremities a pendant 8 of any suit-1.8 5

.able form whieh in the present instance is bolt 12and fixedat their lower ends with amen ber 13 by means of bolts 14 and 15 respectively.

Member 13 may be fixed with knee ,2 by any sum- 19 able well-known means, not shown.

Column 1 supports therein for rotation a tool spindle 16 which is journaled in suitable bearings 17 and 18 and adapted to be driven from afsuitable power source, not shown, through a transmission including a shaft 19 driving through a pinion 20 a gear 21 fixed with the spindle. 7

Suitable powertrains are provided for moving table 4 terminating'in a table screw, a squared end portion of which is shown at 22, but'since 10 such mechanism is well-known in the art and forms no part of this invention, it is not shown here. L pindle 16 supports and drives a tool arbor generally denoted. by 23 which may be Of a y,

suitable or well-known type, but in the present face of boss 56 for drawing the portions 37 and instance comprises an inner portion 24 provided 38 together. at one end with suitable means for engaging It is to be understood that various other means spindle 16 including an enlarged tapered portion may be used in place of bolts l3 and 52 for hold- 5 adapted to fit into a complementary tapered ing the portions 37 and 38 together, the same besocket in the spindle, the tapered portion being ing shown merely as typical of a variety of means 7 separated from portion 24 bymeansof a flange -26 which may fall within the scopesof the'.claims.

adapted to receivep'the rotatingv force from the Eorti'onsfiiil and-'38 are;so' constit-uted at their spindle through suitable driving keys such as ZZ l vver ends as to form the face of a bearing 16 received in suitable complementary sockets in generally denoted by numeral 58, a continuation the spindle and flange. The arbor is rigidlyire jeof surface 4!? dividing the bearing as shown. A tained in the spindle 16 by means of a draw bolt, suitable bushinglnaybe provided comprising the 28 passing axially throughthespindle andthread "ha1ve's"59 and GOii'xe'd respectively in portions 37 ed in a suitable bore formed in tapered portion(and- 3aiandiformirrg a suitable bearing surface for 15 25. A nut 29 threaded on, draw boltz28 engages1ab earing isleevecw' fixed, as above noted, on inner the rear end of spindle 16 for suitably tensioning portion 2Q, l-lawf's" 59 and 60 are slightly out the bolt. Collars such as 3030 areslidably .away as shownqat 61 and 62 to allow clearance fi t d on p n 24 and s v as a sna hism ans' fer"fiidvniefitbrportions 37 and 38, as will be for aXially locating cu te s such as 3-1-31 1 and pres'eritlyiiapparent, and. if desired, the lower ex-V 20 bearin s v s 3 a d a Hut 3 being readed trernities of portions 3'7 and 38 may be cut away nn tnenther "end of portion-24= andzserving to t ee in order approach compress the vaiious collars, butters, and sl'ee'ves "t fr'e ee -a'g ainst each etner and betwe-enrit and'fiange-26,7 r;

4 forming a;unitary memneriwhih,'asabove noted, u

-25 it is often desirable -t'o keep assembled s'o' th'at it v T in placed in ormth m me I- 'he-mnenendo -arbor::23, .1smaintained m.dema t an-J25,

sived p'osition byi its rigid-engagement wahspin- 90 dle' cit; The outer en'dris *supriort'edi'- and'- braced against any iateral-movementibyme'ansronazbearing' ilfi fixed with'pendant S and cooperatingi with ---beairin'g sle'eve -32l ilhefemay 'be;- liowever; some tendency under the stresses developed byJeng'ag'e- 5 5 mnt oftciittersifl efil with atwork ip'ieceriihdiseated asW tdlaterahdisplacement 'o'f the'mid'dle portion of arbor 23 between bearingfid'and-flange 2 ro braee:thearbor against such-deflection a dant SG is ipr ovided isupported on "roverarins wand senga'gin'g 'tbearin'g. sleeve 3 lsbetween litbilsfil-eiiilg. ii; I' i s shown in Fig' "2, thisipe niiant' comprises two similar portions": 37-1-and 1 38 ie'a'cn engaging onei'of verarnrs :5 5rand "clampeditheretoibyranyc-suitii-am In th'e'lpresent. -instancexpo'rtione37 --a-ring sha'ped m'emb'erioriclamping part-.139 f erlci'i cling -one of overarrns 25-145, iaw-slot'emfibeing rovided wherebyfithe'icia-inping'pziriimaybewbmipressed intoclamping relation with'fthe'overarm ymeans df a serew 41arotatab1'e ain' a iug idm and threadeu in a :lug 43; the lugs being disposed? on dfibifisit ides ofslet Anna's showing Iii-similar eendant s's is thenmoved Nuts 51 and 57 are taken oil bolts 48 may and the bol i1 maybe hld'rigitllyf inabutting rey s"'ta e m'e'ans, inthe present in tn -.0 sh .euttinsz tresse :d st r o .5 wk .i-nrms; or? the like,:- :a-is'eoond? b01tr52 is ,provided :1;passingithrough alignedzbores 53 and: 5:formefd'in the portions, suitable bosses 55 and 56 being ardiiged to accommodate therzbores in well kri'own manner; Bolt 52 has a nut=57z engagingta suitable each parallel with the arbor axis, a bearing supported from said overarm structure and adapted to support said arbor against displacement transverse to the axis thereof, said bearing providing portious relatively movable in a direction transverse to the arbor axis, said portions being pivoted respectively on different of said bar members for support therefrom independently of the relative position, and means for rigidly fixing said portions together.

2. In a milling machine, the combination of a rotatable tool spindle, an arbor projecting therefrom, an arbor support including a plurality of round overarms each parallel with the axis of said arbor and spaced apart, a plurality of members separately formed and respectively pivoted on diiferent of said arms, said members providing mutually cooperating surfaces adapted to contact therebetween to define the position of the members relative to the axis of said spindle and means for clamping said surfaces together.

3. In a milling machine, the combination of a spindle supporting structure, a tool spindle rotatably supported from said structure, a work table movable in a path transverse to the axis of said spindle, a tool arbor projecting from said spindle, a plurality of separately formed bearing portions associated with said arbor and respectively on opposite sides of the axis thereof in the direction of table movement, said portions being relatively movable to separate the portions in said direction, and means for rigidly positioning each of said portions in a position together to fix the alignment of said arbor in exact axial alignment with the axis of said spindle, said means including an overarm structure guided in said spindle supporting structure for movement in a direction parallel with said spindle axis.

JOSEPH B. ARMITAGE.

CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION.

Patent No. 1,969, 392. August 7, 1934.

JOSEPH B. ARMITAGE.

It is hereby certified that error appears in the printed specification of the above numbered patent requiring correction as follows: Page 3, line 5, claim 1, for "portious" read portions; and line 9, after "position" and before the comma, insert the Words of the other portion; same page, line 18, claim 2, for "to" read for; and that the said Letters Patent should be read with these corrections therein that the same may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Office.

Signed and sealed this 11th day of September, A. D. 1934.

Leslie Frazer (Seal) Acting Commissioner of Patents. 

